This past week was Restaurant Week in Singapore. I had no idea that there was even such an event until June asked me if I would be interested in dining at some of the participating restaurants. I’m very much an eat to live person, and won’t travel for food unless it’s things I really like such as crab, so I was only half-enthusiastic about joining her. After some back-and-forthing, we settled on Otto, an Italian restaurant at red dot on Maxwell Road. I knew nothing about this restaurant, only that we were going to have the Restaurant Week set, so I had no expectations whatsoever. Eating to live means I rarely encounter exceptional service at the places I dine at, …
Friends
S’khor-a-hit tees.
My friend Sheryl has just started a customised t-shirt business aimed at young children called S’khor-a-hit. The idea is pretty cool – you start with the base t-shirt, in your choice of black or white, and then you pick from the available charm designs available. Sheryl will then hand-paint the charms onto the tee (the chains are pre-printed) and voila! Your kid has a cute and unique t-shirt. I picked dog, cat, elephant, ice cream and letter Z charms for Zoe, and Sheryl very kindly threw in a little heart to balance out the charms at the back of the tee. Zoe has been wearing it since it arrived this evening! Find out more about the range of charms available, …
Cedric is married.
This past weekend was a very important one. K’s business partner and our old friend Cedric finally wed his girlfriend of five years, Amanda. It was a very simple wedding, but a monumental event in the Wee calendar. Here’s to you, C&A! Much love and joy.
Minah days.
Thanks to an old friend, I recently discovered Minahspeak, a blog written by a Malay girl (ie. a minah) who very cleverly and funnily explains common phrases, slang and colloquialisms used by Malay youths in Singapore. You have to possess a working knowledge of Malay to truly enjoy this blog, but there are a couple of entries that are written mostly in English. This one, for instance, is easily understood, and hilarious to boot. Reading Eli’s entries makes me nostalgic for high school days. There were many Malay students in my school, some of my best friends were minahs, and I took Malay as my second language. All in all I was very much immersed in Malay culture, which probably …
